WR3000H

Seconding flint 2 as well. It would have been my go to if I had to just buy a consumer grade router. But I have opnsense on a dedicated box so it was overkill for me and I got a Cudy WR3000H and put openwrt on it and turned into alll in one managed switch with VLAN aware SSIDS

Just got myself the cudy wr3000h for 40 eur if that interests you

There's ethernet to every floor? You don't need mesh then, just enough WiFi access points to get coverage Honestly you might find even just two AX3000 devices are good enough, that's all I have covering a 3 story, 4 bedroom house. You might not get gigabit speeds over the WiFi in every corner of the house, but you can go by ethernet for the devices like PC's that matter, and still have a plenty fast WiFi connection (in the region of 300-600mbits) everywhere else A couple of Cudy WR3000, WR3000S or WR3000H would be within budget and if you were feeling adventurous they can be flashed to OpenWrt

There's ethernet to every floor? You don't need mesh then, just enough WiFi access points to get coverage Honestly you might find even just two AX3000 devices are good enough, that's all I have covering a 3 story, 4 bedroom house. You might not get gigabit speeds over the WiFi in every corner of the house, but you can go by ethernet for the devices like PC's that matter, and still have a plenty fast WiFi connection (in the region of 300-600mbits) everywhere else A couple of Cudy WR3000, WR3000S or WR3000H would be within budget and if you were feeling adventurous they can be flashed to OpenWrt

I've been having good luck with Cudy devices. I've got a WR3000H and WR3000S The big downside is lack of USB (WR3000P had this) But for inexpensive WiFi 6 devices which are easy to get OpenWRT on I can't think of anything in their price range that comes close

Yeah! Got my cudy wr3000h few months ago. Super easy openwrt installation. Haven't encountered any problems ever since

Cudy WR3000H is the bare minimum router I'd recommend to anyone.

Cudy wr3000, realy decent router.

Got my on vinted, Xiaomi 3G, with 128mb rom and 256 RAM dual Core 880mhz for 13€ including shipping , also wr3000h for 30€

second this; just got one. Spent a few weeks saving my BPI mini from a bricking but the Cudy updated with ease to native OpenWRT. do it.

It's a great router tbh. Lots of flash storage, flashing OpenWrt is very easy and everything works without a hitch. I can highly recommend Cudy to anyone.

Flashed my WR3000 with Openwrt without that.

Hey everyone, I’m looking to improve my local network performance since I use it for game streaming from my desktop PC to my TV. Unfortunately, wiring my setup isn’t an option, so I’m trying to optimize things over WiFi (I live in a detached house, so no congestion on 5GHz band) Right now, I’m using a Cudy WR3000 AX3000, and honestly, it’s been great—especially for the price. Because of that, I’m considering upgrading to the **Cudy Tri-Band WiFi 7 BE11000** (£160), but I haven’t found much info on it. The reviews on Amazon aren’t reassuring, so I’m wondering if anyone here has experience with it and can share some feedback. If not, I’d love recommendations for a solid router that performs well for WiFi-based local game streaming. Thanks in advance!